Opus Dei and da Princeton Code

There's a spooky article in the March 13 issue of The Nation. Robert George (absolutely no relation!), a Princeton Professor is out to rid the world of those pesky liberal, secularist academics that infest the nation's colleges and universities. Along the way, so the article claims, he's gotten funding for his work from a long list of far right organizations including Opus Dei, the secretive Catholic group of "The da Vinci Code" fame. The article by Max Blumenthal provides the creepy details of what professor George and his pals are up to. Read it at the following link.

Princeton Tilts Right

Molly Takes on Immigration

Molly Ivins has the right idea when it comes to the illegality issue of Mexican immigration. In a recent column she writes as follows:

"Should you actually want to stop Mexicans and OTMs (other than Mexicans) from coming to the U.S. here is how to do it: Find an illegal worker at a large corporation. This is not difficult -- brooms and mops are big tip offs. Then put the CEO of that corporation in prison for two or more years for violating the law against hiring illegal workers. ... just to make sure put some Betty Sue Billups -- housewife, preferably one with blonde hair in a flip -- in the joint for a two-year stretch for hiring a Mexican gardener."

Molly also has a comment on the fence idea: "The fence will not work. The Great darn Wall of China will not work. Do not build a fence. It will not work. They will come anyway. Over, under or through. Some of you think a fence will work because Israel has one. Israel is a small country. Anyone who says a fence can fix this problem is a demagogue and an ass."

My own thought on the subject is this: FIX MEXICO! What's wrong down there that they can't come up with enough jobs for their people. They seem to have the natural resources, climate, and natural intelligence. Is it the educational system? Graft and corruption? Let's send a team of experts down there to see what can be done. As a last resort maybe we could invade Mexico and fix it like we've fixed Iraq. On second thought forget that.

Maximum Hourly Wage

Last year (2005) the CEO of Wal-Mart earned $3,500 an hour. The CEO of Halliburton earned about $8,300 an hour. And the CEO of ExxonMobil earned about $13,700 an hour. How happy we are to buy gas at $3.00 a gallon in order to do our part toward covering that $13,700.

Note: If you work full time for minimum hourly wage you make $10,500 a YEAR.